Rocket Science - GR3

Our Prototype

This is the picture of our first prototype:

Default First View - Browsing for tattoos

Preference Analysis View

Browsing for Artist

Sign up page

Profile page to retrieve saved preference

User Testing

Briefing

This is the briefing we gave to the user. We give the briefing orally to give the purpose of the application, the background information about the domain, and finally some other things:

• Our application is designed for users who are looking to get a tattoo for the first time. They do not know anything about the tattoo process, and may not have a good idea of what they way. The goal of this application is to assist these users to not only learn more about the different types and styles of tattoos, but also find an artist who can match his style and preferences.
• Our target user base is the young adult population who are most interested in getting a first time tattoo. Imagine that you are part of this population and age group (which you are). 
• Finally, we would like to say thank you very much for helping us test our system. Note that:
  • We are testing our system, not you. Our system is a prototype and we need you to help find these problems.
  • If you run into some difficulties, that's great because it means there is some problem in our system
  • We will be taking notes on what you are doing so we can improve our system, but you will not be voice or video recorded
  • Finally, you can stop the test and leave at any time!
• Ok let's begin!

Scenarios Tasks

We created 3 main tasks which we presented to each of the users (6 in total). The first two scenarios involve the user to use our application as a first time user who are looking to learn more about tattoo process, while the third one involves a user retrieving their saved preferences after a busy week.

1. Learn about the different styles of tattoos, and find the category which best fits your aesthetic preference.
2. Find a suitable tattoo artist who will best fit your preference.
3. You saved your tattoo preferences (collected designs and suggested sytles) on our website last week. In this task, retrieve these information before heading to a tattoo parlor. 

Observations

Usability problems you discovered from the testing. Describe critical incidents encountered by the users, but don't record users' names. Record these as a series of high-level takeaways, focusing on the usability problems you saw, rather than what each participant did. For instance, you might describe how you had some learnability issues with your prototype, as evidenced by users B and C clicking all of the menus to try to find option X.

Prototype Iteration

With our first prototype, we conducted tests with 3 different users. We collected a set of observations and feedback. Based on this, we improved our prototype. These are the main changes that we made:

1. Change 1
2. Change 2
3. Change 3

etc etc

Apppendix 1 - Recorded Observations

Usa